How do you configure GroovyConsole so I don't have to import libraries at startup?

Question

I have a groovy script that uses a third party library. Each time I open the application and attempt to run my script I have to import the proper library.

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Answer 1

If you are on a Mac, I would highly recommend using SDKMAN to manage Groovy installations.

Once installed via SDKMAN, you can modify ~/.sdkman/candidates/groovy/current/bin/groovy/conf/groovy-starter.conf. Packages you add here will be automatically imported at runtime whenever you start a Groovy Console session. You would want to add them under the section labelled in the example below:

    # load user specific libraries
    load !{user.home}/.groovy/lib/*.jar
    load !{user.home}/.groovy/lib/additional_package.jar